The Chronological Records


The Albums

Here I have attempted to arrange the recordings of the Beatles in chronological order by release date...a hefty job! Doubtless, it has been done before, but here we go....

os1 - 01/05/62 - My Bonnie
aos1 - 04/26/62 - My Bonnie/The Saints
bs1 - 10/05/62 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (red label)
bs2 - April(?) 1963 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (black label)
bs3 - 01/11/63 - Please Please Me/Ask Me Why (red label)
as1 - 02/25/63 - Please Please Me/Ask Me Why
blp1 - 03/22/63 - Please Please Me
bs4 - 04/11/63 - From Me To You/Thank You Girl
bxs1 - 04/26/63 - Do You Want To Know A Secret/*I'll Be On My Way
os2 - 05/24/63 - My Bonnie
as2 - 05/27/63 - From Me To You/Thank You Girl
bep1 - 07/12/63 - Twist and Shout
oep1 - 07/12/63 - My Bonnie
alp1 - 07/22/63 - Introducing The Beatles
bxs2 - 07/26/63 - *Bad To Me/I Call Your Name
bxs3 - 07/30/63 - *Tip Of My Tongue/(Heaven Only Knows)
bs5 - 08/23/63 - She Loves You/I'll Get You
bxs4 - 08/30/63 - *Hello Little Girl/(Just In Case)
bep2 - 09/06/63 - The Beatles Hits
as3 - 09/16/63 - She Loves You/I'll Get You
bxs5 - 09/27/63 - *Love of the Loved/(Shy Of Love)
bep3 - 11/01/63 - The Beatles (No.1)
bxs6 - 11/01/63 - *I'll Keep You Satisfied/(I Know)
bxs7 - 11/15/63 - *I'm In Love/(Respectable)
blp2 - 11/22/63 - With the Beatles
bs6 - 11/29/63 - I Want To Hold Your Hand/This Boy
bcr1 - 12/06/63 - The Beatles Christmas Record
as4 - 01/14/64 - I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There
alp2 - 01/20/64 - Meet The Beatles
alp3 - 01/27/64 - Introducing the Beatles (re-release)
aos2 - 01/27/64 - My Bonnie/The Saints
as5 - 01/30/64 - Please Please Me/From Me To You
os3 - 01/31/64 - Sweet Georgia Brown/Nobody's Child
aolp1 - 02/03/64 - The Beatles With Tony Sheridan and Their Guests
bep4 - 02/07/64 - All My Loving
os4 - 02/21/64 - My Bonnie
alp4 - 02/26/64 - Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield On Stage
os5 - 02/28/64 - Why(Can't You Love Me Again)/Cry For A Shadow
bxs8 - 02/28/64 - *A World Without Love/(If I Were You)
as6 - 03/02/64 - Twist and Shout/There's A Place
as7 - 03/16/64 - Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That
bs7 - 03/20/64 - Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That
aep1 - 03/23/64 - Souvenir of Their Visit to America (The Beatles)
as8 - 03/23/64 - Do You Want To Know A Secret/Thank You Girl
aos3 - 03/27/64 - Why/Cry For A Shadow
alp5 - 04/10/64 - The Beatles' Second Album
as9 - 04/27/64 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You
olp1 - 05/08/64 - Let's Do The Twist, Hully Gully, Slop, Locomotion, Monkey
bxs9 - 05/08/64 - *One and One is Two/(Time and the River)
aep2 - 05/11/64 - Four By The Beatles
alp6 - 05/11/64 - Chartbusters Volume 4
as10 - 05/21/64 - Sie Liebt Dich/I'll Get You
os6 - 05/29/64 - Ain't She Sweet/If You Love Me, Baby
bxs10 - 05/29/64 - *Nobody I Know/(You Don't Have To Tell Me)
alp7 - June 1964 - The Beatles and Frank Ifield On Stage
aos4 - 06/01/64 - Sweet Georgia Brown/Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby
bxs11 - 06/05/64 - *Like Dreamers Do/(Everybody Fall Down)
aolp2 - 06/09/64 - The American Tour With Ed Rudy
bep5 - 06/19/64 - Long Tall Sally
olp2 - 06/19/64 - The Beatles First
alp8 - 06/26/64 - A Hard Day's Night
aos5 - 07/06/64 - Ain't She Sweet/Nobody's Child
bs8 - 07/10/64 - A Hard Day's Night/Things We Said Today
as11 - 07/13/64 - A Hard Day's Night/I Should Have Known Better
bxs12 - 07/17/64 - *From A Window/(Second to None)
as12 - 07/20/64 - I'll Cry Instead/I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
as13 - 07/20/64 - And I Love Her/If I Fell
alp9 - 07/20/64 - Something New
bxs13 - 07/31/64 - *It's For You/(He Won't Ask Me)
blp3 - 08/10/64 - A Hard Day's Night
as14 - 08/10/64 - Do You Want to Know A Secret/Thank You Girl
as15 - 08/10/64 - Please Please Me/From Me To You
as16 - 08/10/64 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You
as17 - 08/10/64 - Twist and Shout/There's A Place
as18 - 08/24/64 - Slow Down/Matchbox
aolp3 - September 1964 - Hear The Beatles Tell All
alp10 - 09/07/64 - The Big Hits From England And The USA
bxs14 - 09/11/64 - *I Don't Want To See You Again/(I Would Buy You Presents)
alp11 - 10/01/64 - The Beatles vs. The Four Seasons
aolp4 - 10/05/64 - Ain't She Sweet
alp12 - 10/12/64 - Songs, Pictures, and Stories of the Fabulous Four
bep6 - 11/04/64 - Extracts from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"
bep7 - 11/06/64 - Extracts from the Album "A Hard Day's Night"
alp13 - 11/23/64 - The Beatles Story
as19 - 11/23/64 - I Feel Fine/She's A Woman
bs9 - 11/27/64 - I Feel Fine/She's A Woman
blp4 - 12/04/64 - Beatles For Sale
alp14 - 12/15/64 - Beatles '65
bcr2 - 12/18/64 - Another Beatles Christmas Record
aolp5 - 1965 - Ed Rudy With New US Tour (The Beatles Great American Tour)
aolp6 - 1965 - The Great American Tour - 1965 Live Beatlemania Concert
aep3 - 02/01/65 - 4 By The Beatles
as20 - 02/15/65 - Eight Days A Week/I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
alp15 - 03/22/65 - The Early Beatles
bep8 - 04/06/65 - Beatles For Sale
bs10 - 04/09/65 - Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is
as21 - 04/14/65 - Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is
alp16 - 04/14/65 - Beatles VI
bep9 - 06/04/65 - Beatles For Sale (No. 2)
as22 - 07/19/65 - Help!/I'm Down
bs11 - 07/23/65 - Help!/I'm Down
blp5 - 08/06/65 - Help!
alp17 - 08/13/65 - Help!
as23 - 09/13/65 - Yesterday/Act Naturally
bxs15 - 09/17/65 - *That Means A Lot/(My Prayer)
as24 - 10/11/65 - Twist and Shout/There's A Place
as25 - 10/11/65 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You
as26 - 10/11/65 - Please Please Me/From Me To You
as27 - 10/11/65 - Do You Want To Know A Secret/Thank You Girl
as28 - 10/11/65 - Roll Over Beethoven/Misery
as29 - 10/11/65 - Boys/ Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey
bs11 - 12/03/65 - Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
blp6 - 12/03/65 - Rubber Soul
bep10 - 12/06/65 - The Beatles' Million Sellers
as30 - 12/06/65 - We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper
alp18 - 12/06/65 - Rubber Soul
bcr3 - 12/17/65 - The Beatles Third Christmas Record
bxs16 - 02/11/66 - *Woman/(Wrong From The Start)
as31 - 02/21/66 - Nowhere Man/What Goes On
bep11 - 03/04/66 - Yesterday
as32 - 05/30/66 - Paperback Writer/Rain
bs12 - 06/10/66 - Paperback Writer/Rain
alp19 - 06/20/66 - Yesterday and Today
bep12 - 07/08/66 - Nowhere Man
bs13 - 08/05/66 - Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine
blp7 - 08/05/66 - Revolver
as33 - 08/08/66 - Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
alp20 - 08/08/66 - Revolver
aolp7 - 08/15/66 - This Is Where It Started
aolp8 - 10/17/66 - The Amazing Beatles and Other Great English Group Sounds
aolp9 - 11/28/66 - The Original Discotheque Hits
blp8 - 12/10/66 - A Collection of Beatles' Oldies (But Goodies)
bcr4 - 12/16/66 - The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record - Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas
as34 - 02/13/67 - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
bs14 - 02/17/67 - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
blp9 - 06/01/67 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
alp21 - 06/02/67 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
bs15 - 07/07/67 - All You Need Is Love/Baby You're A Rich Man
as35 - 07/17/67 - All You Need Is Love/Baby You're A Rich Man
olp3 - 08/04/67 - The Beatles First
bxs17 - 10/20/67 - *Catcall/(Mercy Mercy Mercy)
bs16 - 11/24/67 - Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus
as36 - 11/27/67 - Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus
alp22 - 11/27/67 - Magical Mystery Tour
bep13 - 12/08/67 - Magical Mystery Tour
bcr5 - 12/15/67 - The Beatles Fifth Christmas Record - Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
olp4 - 1968 - Pop Party
bs17 - 03/15/68 - Lady Madonna/The Inner Light
as37 - 03/18/68 - Lady Madonna/The Inner Light
bxs18 - 05/08/68 - *Step Inside Love/(I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You)
bs18 - 08/26/68 - Hey Jude/Revolution
as38 - 08/26/68 - Hey Jude/Revolution
bxs19 - 08/26/68 - *Thingumybob/Yellow Submarine
bxs22 - 09/06/68 - *Sour Milk Sea/(The Eagle Laughs At You)
blp10 - 11/22/68 - The Beatles
alp23 - 11/25/68 - The Beatles
bcr6 - 12/20/68 - The Beatles Sixth Christmas Record - Christmas 1968
alp24 - 01/13/69 - Yellow Submarine
blp11 - 01/17/69 - Yellow Submarine
bxs20 - 03/28/69 - *Goodbye/(Sparrow)
bxs23 - 04/03/69 -*Badge/(What A Bringdown)
bs19 - 04/11/69 - Get Back/Don't Let Me Down
alp25 - May 1969 - First Vibration
as39 - 05/05/69 - Get Back/Don't Let Me Down
bs20 - 05/30/69 - The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe
as40 - 06/04/69 - The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe
bxs21 - 07/04/69 - *Give Peace A Chance/(Remember Love)
blp12 - 09/26/69 - Abbey Road
alp26 - 10/01/69 - Abbey Road
as41 - 10/06/69 - Something/Come Together
bs21 - 10/31/69 - Something/Come Together
blp13 - 12/12/69 - No One's Gonna Change Our World
bcr7 - 12/19/69 - The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record - Happy Christmas 1969
alp27 - 02/26/70 - Hey Jude
bs22 - 03/06/70 - Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
as42 - 03/11/70 - Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
aolp10 - 05/04/70 - The Beatles - Circa 1960 - In The Beginning
blp14 - 05/08/70 - Let It Be (the boxed set)
as43 - 05/11/70 - The Long and Winding Road/For You Blue
alp28 - 05/18/70 - Let It Be
blp15 - 11/06/70 - Let It Be
bcr8 - 12/18/70 - From Then To You - The Beatles Christmas Record 1970
abcr9 - 12/18/70 - The Beatles Christmas Album
alp29 - February 1971 - Do It Now: 20 Giant Hits
olp5 - 06/18/71 - The Early Years
alp30 - 04/02/73 - The Beatles 1962 - 1966
alp31 - 04/02/73 - The Beatles 1967 - 1970
blp16 - 04/19/73 - The Beatles 1962 - 1966
blp17 - 04/19/73 - The Beatles 1967 - 1970
aolp11 - October 1973 - The Flashback Greats of the 70's
olp6 - January 1974 - The Story of Pop Volume 1
aolp12 - 12/02/74 - History of British Rock Volume 2
aolp13 - 10/27/75 - The History of British Rock Volume 3
bs23 - 03/06/76 - The Singles Collection
bs24 - 03/08/76 - Yesterday/I Should Have Known Better
as44 - 05/31/76 - Got To Get You Into My Life/Helter Skelter
olp7 - 06/04/76 - The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan
alp32 - 06/07/76 - Rock'n'Roll Music
blp18 - 06/10/76 - Rock'n'Roll Music
bs25 - 06/25/76 - Back In The USSR/Twist and Shout
olp8 - 07/30/76 - The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews
as45 - 11/08/76 - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da/Julia
alp33 - 11/08/76 - The Best of George Harrison
blp19 - 11/19/76 - Magical Mystery Tour
blp20 - 11/20/76 - The Best of George Harrison
olp9 - 04/08/77 - The Beatles Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962
alp34 - 05/04/77 - The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
blp21 - 05/06/77 - The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
olp9 - 05/25/77 - The Beatles Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962
os7 - 06/24/77 - Twist and Shout/Falling in Love Again
aolp14 - 06/13/77 - The Beatles Live! at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962
bs26 - autumn 1977 - The Beatles Collection (boxed set)
alp35 - 10/21/77 - Love Songs
blp22 - 11/19/77 - Love Songs
aolp15 - 1978 - The Beatles Tapes
aolp16 - 1978 - British Gold
blp23 - 02/1978 - All You Need Is Love - A Story of Popular Music
alp36 - August 1978 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (picture disc)
alp37 - August 1978 - The Beatles (white vinyl)
alp38 - August 1978 - The Beatles 1962 - 1966 (red vinyl)
alp39 - August 1978 - The Beatles 1967 - 1970 (blue vinyl)
as46 - 08/14/78 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends/A Day In The Life
bs27 - 09/30/78 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends/A Day In The Life
blp24 - 09/10/78 - The Beatles 1962 - 1966 (red vinyl)
blp25 - 09/10/78 - The Beatles 1967 - 1970 (blue vinyl)
aolp17 - 11/15/78 - Beatle Talk - The Way They Were with Red Robinson
alp40 - December 1978 - Abbey Road (picture disc)
alp41 - December 1978 - The Beatles Collection (boxed set)
blp26 - 12/02/78 - The Beatles Collection (boxed set)
blp27 - January 1979 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (picture disc)
aolp18 - 01/24/79 - First Live Recordings Volume One
aolp19 - 01/24/79 - First Live Recordings Volume Two
blp28 - 1979 - The Beatles (white vinyl)
blp29 - 1979 - Abbey Road (green vinyl)
blp30 - 1979 - Let It Be (white vinyl)
aolp20 - 1979 - British Rock Classics
alp42 - March 1979 - Let It Be
blp31 - May 1979 - Magical Mystery Tour (yellow vinyl)
blp32 - May 1979 - A Monument to British Rock Volume 1
blp33 - June 1979 - Hey Jude
blp34 - October 1979 - Rarities
alp43 - 12/28/79 - Abbey Road
alp44 - 03/24/80 - The Beatles Rarities
aolp21 - 05/16/80 - The Historic First Live Recordings
alp45 - August 1980 - A Hard Day's Night
alp46 - October 1980 - Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 1
alp47 - October 1980 - Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 2
blp35 - 10/20/80 - The Beatles Ballads - 20 Original Tracks
blp36 - 10/27/80 - Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 1
blp37 - 10/27/80 - Rock'n'Roll Music Volume 2
blp38 - December 1980 - The Beatles Box (boxed set)
alp48 - 01/30/81 - Magical Mystery Tour
olp11 - March 1981 - Hear The Beatles Tell All
aolp22 - 03/01/81 - Timeless
aolp23 - 04/16/81 - Dawn of the Silver Beatles
aolp24 - 1981 - Lightnin' Strikes Twice
aolp25 - 1981 - The American Tour With Ed Rudy
olp12 - 07/17/81 - The Beatles/Early Years (1)
olp13 - 07/17/81 - The Beatles/Early Years (2)
olp14 - September 1981 - The Beatles Historic Sessions
aolp26 - October 1981 - In The Beginning (Circa 1960)
aolp27 - 1981 - Live at the Star Club, 1962, Hamburg, Germany
blp39 - November 1981 - The Best of George Harrison
blp40 - November 1981 - Savile's Time Travels - 20 Golden Hits of 1963
as47 - 11/30/81 - I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There
as48 - 11/30/81 - Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That
as49 - 11/30/81 - A Hard Day's Night/I Should Have Known Better
as50 - 11/30/81 - I'll Cry Instead/I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
as51 - 11/30/81 - And I Love Her/If I Fell
as52 - 11/30/81 - Matchbox/Slow Down
as53 - 11/30/81 - I Feel Fine/She's A Woman
as54 - 11/30/81 - Eight Days A Week/I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
as55 - 11/30/81 - Ticket To Ride/Yes It Is
as56 - 11/30/81 - Help!/I'm Down
as57 - 11/30/81 - Yesterday/Act Naturally
as58 - 11/30/81 - We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper
as59 - 11/30/81 - Nowhere Man/What Goes On
as60 - 11/30/81 - Paperback Writer/Rain
as61 - 11/30/81 - Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
as62 - 11/30/81 - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
as63 - 11/30/81 - All You Need Is Love/Baby You're A Rich Man
bep14 - December 1981 - The Beatles EPs Collection
alp49 - 01/07/82 - The Beatles
olp15 - 01/22/82 - Rare Beatles
olp16 - 1982 - The Beatles/Early Years (1)
olp17 - 1982 - The Beatles/Early Years (2)
as64 - 03/22/82 - The Beatles Movie Medley/I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
alp50 - 03/22/82 - Reel Music
blp41 - 03/29/82 - Reel Music
aolp28 - April 1982 - First Movement
olp18 - 05/01/82 - The Beatles Talk Downunder
bs28 - 05/24/82 - The Beatles' Movie Medley/I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
olp19 - 06/25/82 - The Beatle Interviews
olp20 - 07/31/82 - The Savage Young Beatles
olp21 - 09/10/82 - The Complete Silver Beatles
alp51 - October 1982 - 20 Greatest Hits
bs29 - 10/04/82 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You
bs30 - 10/04/82 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You (picture disc)
blp42 - 10/18/82 - 20 Greatest Hits
os8 - 10/29/82 - Searchin'/ Money/ Till There Was You
bs31 - 11/01/82 - Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You/Love Me Do (12 inch single)
blp43 - November 1982 - The Beatles/The Collection
alp52 - 1982 - The Beatles/The Collection
bs32 - 12/06/82 - The Beatles Singles Collection
bs33 - 01/10/83 - Please Please Me/Ask Me Why
bs34 - 01/10/83 - Please Please Me/Ask Me Why (picture disc)

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